Jammu: Acting tough against its striking
employees, the Jammu and Kashmir government Thursday directed the
police to check attendance in offices, prepare dossiers and
videograph "trouble-makers".
The fresh order came after the employees remained on
strike for the sixth day undeterred by the state government
invoking Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) and
arresting over 37 union leaders, spearheading the stir to
demand payment of sixth pay commission arrears
"All deputy commissioners and senior superintendents
of police in Jammu are directed to activate mobile inspection
teams/squads constituted for the purpose to check attendance
and file reports to the office of the Divisional Commissioner
by 1600 hours daily," a notification issued by the Divisional
Commissioner Jammu Pawan Kotwal said.
About 4.5 lakh state government and PSU employees are on
strike from April 3. In a strong step, the government invoked
ESMA on Monday night "with no work no pay formula" but the
agitationists extended their stir till April 13.
Over 37 leaders representing different unions of
government departments were arrested yesterday in various
parts of the state including Jammu, Srinagar, Samba, Kathua,
Anantnag and Pulwama.
All heads of the departments concerned are directed to
take control of the attendance registers of their employees
and keep a note of attendance of employees by themselves, both
the arrival and departure time, he said.
The names and designations of the employees who disrupt
essential services or instigate other employees to not to work
or did not work despite marking presence in the attendance
registers, shall be conveyed to the administrative secretaries
of their departments for action under ESMA, Kotwal said.
Separate dossiers and confidential reports should be
prepared on habitual trouble-makers who tend to disrupt
essential services or instigate employees to disrupt them,
he said.
DCs and SSPs have also been asked to get activities of
such people videograph, he said.
PTI
